Patents by Inventor Saverio Pasquale Spadafora

Saverio Pasquale Spadafora has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Modular kit for integration and installation of one or more bioreactors for microalgae cultivation
    Patent number: 12134756
    Abstract: A modular kit for integration and installation of one or more bioreactors for microalgae cultivation includes: —at least one bioreactor for microalgae cultivation, in the form of a vertically arranged transparent tubular column; —a supporting structure adapted to integrate and support the base of the at least one bioreactor, and also adapted to internally house a first connection to a system for loading and unloading a cultivation vector fluid into/from the at least one bioreactor, and a second connection to a system for supplying CO2-supplemented air into the at least one bioreactor; —multiple modules forming respective frames with internal empty spaces and adapted to be connected to one another to house, in the empty spaces, the at least one bioreactor; the multiple modules being also so shaped as to convey filtered light into the at least one bioreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Politecnico Di Milano
    Inventors: Saverio Pasquale Spadafora, Ingrid Paoletti
  • Modular Kit for Integration and Installation of One or More Bioreactors for Microalgae Cultivation
    Publication number: 20220098533
    Abstract: A modular kit for integration and installation of one or more bioreactors for microalgae cultivation includes: —at least one bioreactor for microalgae cultivation, in the form of a vertically arranged transparent tubular column; —a supporting structure adapted to integrate and support the base of the at least one bioreactor, and also adapted to internally house a first connection to a system for loading and unloading a cultivation vector fluid into/from the at least one bioreactor, and a second connection to a system for supplying CO2-supplemented air into the at least one bioreactor; —multiple modules forming respective frames with internal empty spaces and adapted to be connected to one another to house, in the empty spaces, the at least one bioreactor; the multiple modules being also so shaped as to convey filtered light into the at least one bioreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Saverio Pasquale Spadafora, Ingrid Paoletti